Mustang wing on the assembly line
Art ART23104 Second World War, 1939-1945A Mustang wing in the early stage of assembly at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation factory, Fisherman's Bend, Victoria.
An Australian built aircraft on the assembly line Accession Number: ART23080
Description
Portrait of an Australian built aircraft engine on the assembly line, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory at Fisherman's Bend, Melbourne. In 1940 the artist toured the facility with Wing Commander Wackett and described visiting the foundry where the aircraft parts were poured and cast and the assembly hall. Previously Curtis had visited gun making facilities and he wrote '...more thrilling in design, more beautiful and complex than a gun is the aircraft engine...as lovely as a rose window in a cathedral.'
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Accession Number
ART23080
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Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 29.2 x 34.3 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1940
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 1946
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright
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